Fish-carrying scow.



C. J. ALEXANDER. FISH CARRYING SCOW.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.26. 1911.-

Patented Apr. 9

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1 l'q "w n ATTORNEY CLARENCE J. ALEXANDER, OF SEATTLEW SHINQTQN.

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Specification of Letters Patent:

Patented-Apr. 9, 1918:; 4

Application :filed Eebruaay. 26,1917. g-serial;No, 1;50,96,,,,,,

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known .thatl, CLARnnon J. Annx lumen, a citizen of the Unitectstates, 1' siding at, Seattle, in the county ,of King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin.Fish-Carr rying Scows, of which the following is a:

specification.

Thls invention relates, ,more-espec1ally,. to

fish-carrying scows-or barges, and its Object is the improvement ,of vessels-of. this 'class,, and also. the provision of eflicient means. whereby ,the ,vessels may be quickly-v and economically unloaded Y 1 lVith these. ends in view,.-the invention. consistsin the novel construction ancLadaptation of devices, as. will-be. hereinafter (described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure ,1.

is a planview, of a. vessel.embodying my Fig; 2 is a transverse: vertical, section through 22 of Eig; and: illus-, trating; portion .of a. conveyer supported,

Fig. ,3 is afragmentary.v per;

invention.

by a float. spective view of abarge such as shown in the preceding views.

Referring; to the drawings,- the numeral 5 designates the hull of a barge or similar.

vessel having a deck 6 and ,,-pro,vided: with guards 7 and 7 at opposite sidesy Provided upon and rigidly secured to the deck 6 are longitudinal-and transverse Walls 8, 8 and 9, 9 afi'ordlng an lnclosure which.

is divided by longitudinal partition members 10, 1O 10 and transverse partitions 11, 11 and 12, 12 to furnish compartments A, B, 0, C D and D The various walls and partitions are formed of planksthose of the walls being rigidly secured to supporting posts, such as 13, while the outer and inner ends, respectively, of the partition planks removably extend into grooves or housings provided between upright cleats 14 and 15 secured to said walls and posts 16.

Communicating with compartment A, I provide an opening or port 17 extending from the deck 6 to the upper plank 8 Fig. 3, in the wall 8. At opposite sides of said opening are reinforcing posts 18, to which are secured cleats 19 serving with the adjacent planking ends, as 20, to provide grooves to accommodate the ends of removable planks such as 21 which are employed to close, moreor less, the wall opening 17.

,e111plo-y.,.a, chute 22 whose lo ver end, ma .be supported upomihe side of a conveyeli fo esf apea f .fis between th Ope ing .1 andtl e.adjaoe l'fifih ;(1i he iehute. -.wlien th l .1 latter, is taking fish from the ,decl'rl leyel. Th above-mentioned;.co reyeelm v be ofg-l any ,suitabletypeQ and .hasits receiving, end...

by distribut ng. th ifis among t1 To conduct: thefish fromsaidppeningl Fig. 2, and ,whose, upper upon a v, selected one of number; ,o rods I L .24 secured to the posts,;1 8 or to a rodfl2 tl :2;

providedin arecessh2v5of, the guard 26 vreprefsent ih ks qr vid diten th .1 1

derside of the chutebr engagement, with; one of the rods 24tor 24 27 represent I @extension or wing pieces which maygbe uti -y desirably. supp rted-to. engages vhav ng anddown t dal.niovementsnvith'the .barge 7 5 The. operation of, t e invention, may. be;

ex i ed a vfellows The b arge at the fishing place is. loaded ewarious compart ent-s A," B, C, ete-,.-..,$e, g a$9 late the trinrof,the-yessel,.wherebyjt can be towed tothefaeteryi or shinn ng-1150mm without da g r of esinglt ee rge,

p alzri el de tination, th tehi ea22 is attached...by.hooks 26} to ,the .;uppe rm o hefroe 124E.and heinpperaef tiled-fib e closing boards 21 is removed, whereupon the fi th eemnertment ove the 1e et-.-.=: Of the bottom of the then effective opening, will escape therethrough to be discharged by the chute.

After the depth of the fish has been thus lowered in compartment A, the upper board or two of partition 10 is removed, resulting in the upper portion of the fish in compartment B being caused to flow by gravity through the compartment A and the chute. Then, in like manner, the upper boards of partitions 11 and 12 are removed to allow the upper courses, so to speak, of fish in compartments C and C to successively flow in the directions indicated by arrows X through compartments B and A to be discharged by the chute. Ordinarily the fish will be wet or slimy enough to enable them to flow freely, but such flow may be facilitated by sprinkling the fish with Water from a hose.

When the upper portions of the load Within compartment A at one side of the boat, and all compartments B, C and C on the other side have been discharged, the remaining fish in these compartments are similarly discharged, stratum by stratum.

By first discharging the fish from compartments A, B, C and C the weight of the fish remaining in compartments D and D is utilized to cause the barge to heel or incline toward the delivery side, thereby promoting a rapid discharge, and finally the partitions 11 and 12 are removed for the delivery of the fish, as indicated by arrows y, from compartments D and D through compartment A and the chute.

' While I have described the invention as applied to a scow or barge, it is to be understood that I do not limit'myself to vessels which are to be towed, as where the fish are to be transported for longdistances my devices may be advantageously used on power-propelled vessels.

What I claim, is-

1. A vessel having a space upon its deck inclosed by a frame comprising longitudinal and transverse walls, longitudinal and trans verse removable partitions dividing the aforesaid space into a number of compartments, a discharge opening provided in one of said walls and communicating with one of saidcompartments, a chute, and means for engaging the chute in a plurality of operative positions for the reception of contents from said opening.

2. In av vessel, the combination with an inclosure upon the deck of the vessel, and an outlet therefor at one side of the vessel, of means for directing the vessels load from various parts of the inclosure to cause the same to flow to said outlet; first, from in proximity to the latter, then from the side of the vessel remote therefrom and finally,

the remaining portion of the load on the side of the vessel in which said outlet is located.

3. In a vessel, the combination with the vesse s hull having a deck space inclosed by a wall, and removable partitions dividing said space into a number of compartments, said wall having an opening communicating with one of said compartments, a separable closure for said opening, and a chute for the delivery of fish discharged from said opening.

4. The combination in a vessel having walls arranged to afford a rectangular deck space, one of said walls being provided with a discharge opening, of longitudinal and transverse partitions dividing said space into compartments, said partitions comprising a plurality of superposed members adapted to be successively removed, whereby selected of the compartments may be brought into communication with each other with respect to successively lower elevations, said partitions affording means whereby the contents of all of said compartments may be discharged by gravity and guided to flow to said discharge opening through the compartments.

5.,A fish scow having superposed bins, a discharge chute at one side, and means whereby the discharge of the fish may be one 7 of controlled to list the scow toward the side i containing the discharge chute.

Signedat Seattle, Washington, this 20th day of February 1917.

' CLARENCE J. ALEXANDER. Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, D. 0. 

